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Mainfreight staff share $27m bonus after record result
Auckland-based Mainfreight's net profit rose 28 per cent to $137.6m.

Mainfreight shares rise on strong result
The Auckland-based company recorded a net profit of $137.6 million.

Mainfreight delivers solid half-year result
Mainfreight delivers strong half-year result and 22c interim dividend.

Comment: Staff bonuses are a cheap trick
It may only be August but many chief executives are getting to play Santa Claus.

Mainfreight staff to get $20.7m in bonus payout
Record profit has led to a record bonus payout for Mainfreight staff.

$30m freight centre planned in Tauranga
Mainfreight embarking on big investment based on its faith in Bay's future.

Joyce slams Labour's workplace policy
Finance Minister say employers are very concerned.

Govt in slow lane - Mainfreight boss
Mainfreight chief Don Braid has called time on the Government's leadership

Mike Taylor: Why founder-led companies outperform
COMMENT: Over nearly two decades of investing, I've noticed a strong link between founder-led companies and top performance.

Business Leader of the Year finalists
Meet the New Zealand Herald Business Leader of the Year finalists.

Mainfreight appoints two woman as non-executive directors
Mainfreight, the transport and logistics group, said two women, Kate Parsons and Sue Tindal, will join the company as non-executive directors starting on January 1.

Shipping solution after damage to SH1
Freight companies are turning to sea to deliver goods to the South Island in the wake of the week's earthquake.

Lack of rail capacity letting down Mainfreight
Mainfreight managing director Don Braid says he will take on more trucks and ships in the lead-up to what he expects to be record

Mainfreight first-half profit rises 27pc
Mainfreight posted a 27 per cent gain in profit as margins improved in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Europe.

How to fix overheated housing market
Mainfreight chair Bruce Plested says taking the heat out of the housing market and paying teachers better can fix economic and social problems.

Mainfreight profit rises 6.3pc
Mainfreight reported a 6.3 percent gain in full-year profit as improved trading in New Zealand.

Mainfreight forecasts annual profit hike
Mainfreight expects annual profit to rise as much as 7.1 per cent on revenues in excess of $2 billion.

Civil servant bosses' pay at record low
Senior New Zealand public servants' and chief executives' total collective pay is at the lowest level in six years.

Mainfreight shares slip as earnings growth lags
Mainfreight shares, which have jumped by a third this year, fell after it posted first-half earnings that disappointed some investors.

NZX's best shares of 2014 (+graphic)
Check out a snapshot of some of the stellar performers on the New Zealand sharemarket this year, as it surged ahead breaking new records.

Quarter of CEOs say pay unreal
Almost a quarter of New Zealand executives think top-level managers' pay packets are out of kilter with reality, a survey suggests.